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Russia is considering suspending the adoption of Russian children by people in the United States, after a seven-year-old boy was sent back because his adoptive family rejected him.

Haiti has charged 10 American missionaries with child abduction and criminal conspiracy for allegedly trying to take children illegally out of the country after a devastating earthquake in January.

Doubts are being cast on a claim by a group of Americans that 33 children they were trying to take into the Dominican Republic from Haiti by bus were orphans. Some are thought to have at least one…

American doctors in Haiti have expressed concern about a decision to suspend evacuation flights to the United States for critically injured Haitians.

The acting principal Family Court judge wants the law changed so de facto and same-sex couples can adopt children.

The new Children's Commissioner, John Angus, is calling for more action to help reduce child abuse.

Pop icon Madonna has failed in her bid to adopt a second child from Malawi after a court rejected her application, warning that the case could open the door to trafficking in children.

The Federal Attorney-General's Department in Australia has been asked to investigate claims that Indian children have been stolen from their parents and sold for adoption in Australia.

The chief executive of Samoa's ministry of justice and courts administration is upset by claims that Samoan babies were smuggled to the United States, and says he believes all adoptions...

Operators of a private adoption agency in Utah have been accused of duping parents in Samoa into giving them their children and then falsely describing the youngsters as orphans to...

The House of Representatives in American Samoa is reviewing legislation that would remove current restrictions on the territory's adoption laws. The bill would remove the ban on non blood related...

An American Samoan district court judge, John Ward, says there are serious problems with current adoption laws and the territory is losing children off island because of them. He says...

The US State Department has issued a warning over the adoption process in Samoa. The advisory says U.S. citizens contemplating adoption in Samoa are strongly advised to exercise caution before...

Samoa's chief executive officer in the for Prime Minister's Office says overwhelming parliamentary support to amend the adoption law has ruled out the need for further discussions on the bill.

The Samoa Parliament has banned the establishment of overseas adoption agencies in Samoa. Parliament amended the country's adoption law by not only banning any future adoption agencies from off…

An NGO in Samoa says parliament must urgently review the law regarding adoption. Mapusaga O Aiga deals with domestic violence and abuse in women and children on a daily basis.

Authorities in Samoa have ordered an inquest into the death of a one-year-old baby awaiting adoption by a US adoption agency, Focus on Children The baby girl's natural parents have...

Authorities in American Samoa are yet to take any action against a local attorney involved in an illegal attempt to send a child to the U.S. for adoption. The Attorney-General's...

American Samoa's Attorney General's Office says it has so far discovered one case described by authorities as possible "child trafficking" where a minor was to have been taken to the...

Lawyers in American Samoa are being warned to be careful about the documentation they're prepared to sign on behalf of infants and children. The caution comes from the chief justice,...

The High Court in American Samoa has taken steps to help enforce child support payments after discovering that many court ordered payments have been ignored. Chief Justice Michael Kruse has...

The Marshall Islands says it hopes its compact agreement with the United States will help stop illegal adoptions by US agencies. This follows reports of more Marshallese women in Hawaii...

There's been a call for the U.S. government to pass laws to stop the adoption of Marshall Islands babies into the U.S. An NGO in Hawaii, Healthy Mothers - Healthy...

The Marshall Islands government is putting in place plans to stop the growing number of Marshallese children being taken out of the country by Americans for adoption in the United...